_/ - \/ ( i Congressional. Washington, December 30th. Senate.—The Chair laid before the Sen- ate several executive communications, transmitting reports on the dock at the ^ensacóla navy yard, and on the harbors, See., of Wisconsin, Illinois, Indiana, and Michigan ; Which were read and laid on the table. On motion of Mr. Weller, a reso- lution was adopted instructing the Commit- tee on Territories to inquire into the expe- diency of providing the means of ascertaing and settling the true boundary line between the State of California and the Territory of Utah; and also a resolution calling upon the President to transmit to> 'he Senate a statement of all payments and allowances which bave been made, and of all claims which have been disallowed, to Brevet Lieut. Gen. Scott, from the date when he joined the army serving in Mexico up to December 1, 1856, and also to furnish copies of all correspondence on file in the Executive Departments relating to said claims, payments, or allowance...

vtS The Gold Sovereign. u When I wa« only eight years old," said Judge N., " my father and my mother being poor, with a half a dozen children besides myself to take care of, I was given to a farmer in the town of F.. who designed making a plow boy of me, and keep me in his service until I was of age. ,{ Well, 1 had not a very gay time in Deacon Webb's service ; for, although he was an honest deacou, and a tolerable fine man in his family, he believed in making boys work, and understood how to avoii spoiling them by indulgence. " Sc I had plenty of work to d®, and an abundant lack of indulgence to enjoy. It was, consequently, a great treat for me to get the enormous sum of one or two pennies into my possession, by any sort of good fortuue—a circumstance of such rare occur- rence that, at the age of eleven, I had learned to regard money as a blessing bestowed by Providence only on a favorite few. " Well, I lived with Deacon Webb three years before I knew the value of any coin except v...

THE CENTRAL BY R. A. VAN HORN. <( UBCTBSK M ill 8D8JSGT8---KI3T1AS OS K0H3. TERMS—$3 00 IN ADVANCE. VOL. 3. ANDERSON, GRIMES COUNTY, TEXAS, JANUARY 24, 1857. NO. 34. A Prediction Ver fled. One evening lately at Baden, iu a con- versation relating to the feeling of fear and repugnance, still entertained by a few superior persons, (Rossini amongst ihem,) at the bare idea of a journey by railroad, some one was te.ling the story of a young Venetian, Count Florezan G. Elegant, witiy and brave, tlie Count bad proved his courage on various occasions; but the coolness aud strength of mind that he exhibited on every poiut, vanished en- tirely at the sight of a railroad station. A steam locomotive was, to him, the cause of an unconquerable terror. In vam did his Ultimate and confidential frieuds endeavor to overcome this weakness. The gravest reasoning, the most merciless qilTSfzuigs, Were alike wáSOknfpoii him. Perehahce the young Count had Lrtd a bad dream, or he was the victim ol some s...

CENTRAL TEXIAN. JOHN C. HEPPERLA, Editor. TERMS: Subscription, Three Dollars per annum in advance; Three dollars and Fifty cents it paid within six months, and Four Dollars if not paid withiu six months frofai> the lime of subscribing. Texian and Baptist, Five Dollars, in advance. Advertisements inserted at One Dollar per square, for the first insertion and Fifty Cents for each additional insertion—eight lines or less in bre- vier, or ten lines in long primer constituting a square. Professional or business -ards, of not more than ten lines, will be inserted at Ten Dollars per annum. Announcing candidates for county offices Five Dol- lars, other announcements, Ten Dollars. Marriage and obituary notices exceeding ten lines will be charged for as advertisements. ANDERSON, TEXAS: Saturday, January 24, 1856. AGENTSt F. A. BARTLETT, Crescent Office, No. 70 Camp street, New Orleans, is our authorized ngent. JOHN HOLLAND is our authorized agent in Galveston. GEORGE E. ROTTENSTEIPLjs our ...

<L n m The Soundings fbr the Atlantic Telegraph. The following account, addressed to the editor of the Illustrated London News, will be read with interest: "Not a single rock has been met with, not a particle of gravel or sand has been brought up, but it appears as if nature had provided a bed,' soft as a snow bank,'to use Maury's own words, for the express purpose of receiving a telegraph cable. "Lieut.: Berrymán says that he is sat isfied that the lead, with the sound- ing apparatus, has frequently buriedjt self ten or fifteen feet deep in this soft material, and he doubts not that the cable will likewise sink and imbed it- self in a similar manner. The great- est depth attained has been two thou- sand and seventy fathoms, (about two and a third miles ;) but perhaps the most remarkable and at the same time the most satisfactory result is the per- fect confirmation which these sound- ings give of the opinions expresed by Lieut. Maury as tp the existence of a great flat or level ...

w §mm Never Give Up. Never give up, it is wiser and better Always to hope than once to despair: Fling off the bond of doubt's cankering fetter, And break the dai k cbaiu of tyrannical care- Never give up, or the burden may sink you, Providence kindly has mingled the cup, And in all trials, or i roubles, oethink you The watch-word ol life must be, never give up. Never give up, there are chances and changes, Helping the hope fui a hundred to one. And thro' the chaos High Wisdom arranges Ever success, if you only hope on. Never give up, for the wisest is boldest, Knowing that Providence mingles the cup, And of all maxims the best arid the oldest, Is the true watchword of never give up. Never give up, though the grape-shot may rattlo, Or the full tnunder-cloud o'er you burst • Stand like a rock, and the storm, or the battle LitMe shall harui you, though doing their worst. Guizot on Cromwell, William III, and Washington. Pains and Pleasures of the Needle Never give up, though adversity p...

ML TEXIAN. TERMS: Subscription, Three Dollárs per annum in advance; Three dollars and Fifty cents it paid within six months, and Four Dollars if not paid withiu six months from the time of subscribing. Texian and Baptist, Five Dollars, in advance. Advertisements inserted at One Dollar per square, for the first insertion and Fifty Cents for each additional insertion—eight lines or less in bre- vier, or ten lines in long primer constituting a square. Professional or business -ards. of not more than ten lines, will be inserted at Ten Dollars per annum. Announcing candidates for county oflUes Five Dol- lars, other announcements, Ten Dollars. Marriage and obituary notices exceeding ten lines will be charged for as advertisements. ANDERSON, TEXAS: ÍK Saturday, January 31, 1856. A6BSTS : D^" F. A. BARTLETT, Crescent Office, No. 70 Camp street, New Orleans, is our authorized igent. JOHN HOLLAND is our authorized agent in Galveston. 0^- GEORGE E. ROTTENSTEIN is our Vjiuthorized agent in Hous...

m «L-f¡ lS$r On Thursday night we had quite a pleasant shower, but tibe sun shone brightly again yesterday. JSBF The people of Alexandria, La. have decided by vote in favor of licensing the game of " Rondo." Moral people there. The Marshall Republican says there are over 450 hands on the Southern Pacific Railroad, and sixty three Irishmen were added a few dayá ago. The prospects of this Road are exceedingly ercou raging, and notice that most of the influential jour- nals of the. South and South-west are advo- cating its claims That this great road will be built we doubt not, for our State has certainly offered inducements enough. I3T We have receited 1 a notice that the publishing house óf T. B. Peterson, has in press, and will be issued soor., a splendid work from .the gifted pen of Mrs. Caroline Lee Hentz, entitled "Love after Marriage," and thirteen other choice nouvellettes of the Heart. Mrs. Hentz's works are of the highest moral and intellectual worth. Any of the above works w...

SI k /v jW / 1 > > / CEN BY K. A. VAN HORN. *• S9V ' "IK3S?3K3$KT OT ALL BUSllOfS—KSOTBAl CHUMiE." TERMS—$3 00 IN ADVANCE. VOL. 3. ANDERSON, GRIMES COUNTY, 1 FEBUARY 7, 1857: NO. 36. The Household Baby. BT ORACE GREENWOOD. Wbst * joy to human eyes, When it laughs ®r when it cries, What a treasure, what a prize, Is the household baby! Be its temper rising, falling, Is it cooing, crowing, calling, '•Tis the same «¡ear, precious darling, Is the household baby! • It the seenes without be dreary, If the hearts within grow weary, Baby wakes, and all is cheery— What a rush fur baby! Mamma' eyes grow bright with joy— Grandpa laughs, and " grandpa's boy" 'Gladly leaves his last new toy To¡ play bo-peep with baby! > ■ Sistars from their music run, "«-Wo one," Grace bends down in girlish fun To make a horse for baby 1 Up to every thing we know. Bands and feet "upon tie go,'' What a funny creature, though, Is the household baby! Bring the puppy and the cat, Let him poll, and pinch and ...

fiÉÜS, C. HEPPERLA, Editor WIS: Subscription, Three Dollars per annum i advance; Three dollars and Fifty cents it within six months, and Four Dollars if |aid within six months from the time of Inscribing. sxian and B iptist, Five Dollars, in advance. Ldvertisements inserted at One Dollar per square, for the first hgertion and Fifty Cents for each additional insertion—eight lines or less in bre- vier, or ten Iineasin long primer constituting a * square. Professional or businesf' *ards, of not more than ten lines, will be inserted at Ten Dollars per annum. Announcing candidates for county offices Five Dol- lars, other announcements. Ten Dollars. - Marriage and obituary notices exceeding ten lines will be charged for as advertisements. ANDERSON, TEXAS: Saturday, ^ebuary 7, 1856. AGENTS : ¡35^- F. A. BARTLETT, Crescent Office, No. 70 Camp street, New Orleans, is our authorized -igent. JOHN HOLLAND is our authorized agent in Galveston. 1- i DSr- uíEQRGE E. ROTTENSTEIN is our authorized a...

«s News Items. The Commercial Bank of Kentucky has declared a dividend of 5 per cent, on the business of the last six mouths. The State Couucil of the American party in Kentucky, met in Louisville on the 21st.inst. Thomas II. Clay, Esq., presid- ing. The"reporters were excluded. The residence of W. K. Griffith, Esq., in Bourbon qonnty, Ky., was destroyed by fire on the 8th inst. Loss $6,000. A decree has been issued at Naples placing the students there under a very ■trict system of espionage. The Tennessee river was frozen over at the mouth of Chattanooga Creek on the 19th inst. In consequence of the great suffering among the poor of Louisville, on account tof the scarcity and high price of fuel, the City Council has appropriated $2,000 to be ¿'xpended in the purchase of fuel for the poor. Reliable .Liverpool letters by the Persia ¡state that the advance in cotton obtained previously to the sailing of the Atlantic Was afterwards lost, the market closing at quotations per steamship A...

m a My Work. 1 have work to do, ▲ work I may not shun; On* path I must pursue Until my Ufa be done. What others do I may not ask; Enough tot me I know my task. Tía not to seek for wealth— 1 covet no man's store— I thank my God for health ■ " ,€* - 1 ash for nothing more. My daily wants are supplied, Or what.I do not need denied. Let others seek for fame, The homage of an hour, I care not for a name, For gl«ry or for power. ¡ The race I leave to others free- Such transient bliss is not for me. Pleasure, that syren fair. Has lost her power to harm; Her joys are empty air. I own no more their chirm' ; For other accents seem to say, * Stay not, but work while yet 'tis day.'' To wipe the trembling tear From the pale mourner's eye : To soothe the anxious fear. Or hush the rising sigh; This is a bliss for which we live. Í A joy that can never give- To strive against the wrong, Which akesthe name of right; To battle with the strong,. And fconquer in the tight; Brings truer happiness than co...

«r - W se I by r. a. van horn. ir2ifsk3ekt on all ít8—ksstkál on hons." terms—$3 00 in advance. VOL. 3. ANDERSON, GRIMES COUNTY, TEXAS, FEBUARY 14, 1857. NO. 37. "I Love my Love" the Tear Round. I love my Love in the days of spring. And for her sake each living thing; We gather garlands by the way, We pluck the blossoms of the merry May, We roam the woods, we trace the streams, Our waking thoughts are bright as dreams : No bee on the blossom, no lark in the sky, Is happier than my Love aad I. I'll love my Love in the summer time, Oar years shall ripen to their prime; We'll sit in the shade a little more, Beneath the elm trees at the door; We'll watch with joy the children run, We'll Rive the world our benison ; No bird in its nest, on the tree-top high, Shall be so blithe as my Love and I! FU-love my Love in the autumn eves, 1CTK gather in our barley sheaves; We'll reap our corn, we'll press our vine, We'll heai on the hills our lowing klne; We'll pluck our peaches from the wall, We...

I « I t CENTRAL TEX1AN, JOHN C. HEPPERLA, Editor. on, Three Dollars per annum dollars and Fifty cents it and Fonr Dollars if from the time of TERMS: Te.tian and Buptist, ffftM^bllars, in advance. Advertisements inserted at One Dollar per square, for the first insertion and Fifty Cents for each additional insertion—eight lines or less in bre- vier, or ten lines in long primer constituting a square. Professional or business *ards, of not more than ten lines, will be inserted at Ten Dollars per annum. Announcing candidates for county offices Five Dol- lars, other announcements, Ten Dollars. Marriage and obituary notices exceeding ten lines will be charged for as advertisements. ANDERSON, TEXAS: ••• Saturday, Febuary 14, 1856. m AGENTS : A. BARTLETT, Crescent Office, No. 70 Camp street, New Orleans, is our authorized igent. Q5" JOHN HOLLAND is oar authorized agent in Galveston. 07- GEORGE E. ROTTENSTEIN is our authorized agent in Houston. t B3T A daily paper has been started in llouston...

ó t C- General News. Miss Martha Jane Drake recovered $2,000 damages at Cooperstown, New York, a few days ago, of Wm. Watermau, for breach of promise oí marriage. TheCiuciuuati Enquirer states that some of the slaves are taking advantage of the present condition of the river, wliich is now thoroughly frozen over, to make their escape iuto free territory. According to one of the Ministerial payers of Madrid, of 24th of December, Geo. Sania Anna, of Mexico, has sent agents to Madrid to propose to reestablish monarchy in Mexico, with a Spanish Prince as sovereign, provided the Spanish Govern- ment will grant him certain assistance. Th« Epoca opposes any such project, unless it be freely demanded by public opinion in Mexico and have the support of England and France. t The Bank of Louisiana has declared a semi-annual dividend of five per cent., to be payable at the bauk, on and after Mon- day next. The Henderson (Ky ) Commercial urges the Henderson and Nashville Ra 1 road Company to pur...

Tact. BY RALPH W. EMERSON. What boots it, thy virtue. What profit thy parts, While one thing thou lackest- The art of all arts. The only credentials, Passport to success; Opens castle and parior— Address, man! Address! The maiden in danger Was saved by the swain; His stout arm restored her To Broadway again. The maid would reward him- Gay company come— They laugh, she laughs with them, He is moonstruck and dumb Tail cíincteesjtn^'bargain Sajls-etrTof the bay ; íffísthe vote in the Senate Spite of Webster and Clay. Has for genius no mercy, For speeches no heed; It lurks in the eyebeam, It leaps to the deed. • Chnrch, market and tavern. Bed and board it will sway; It has no to-morrow, It ends with to-day. Politeness. One of the English infidels was so struck with the politeness and gcod feeling mani- fested in St. Paul's writings, that he affirm- ed that if St. Paul had said tbathe himself had ever performed a miracle, he would be- lieve it, because he deemed St. Paul (oo much of a ge...

CENTRAL TEXIAN. \Ar>/wvij*trutn r>rwir>nriri|ill>riri** * JOHH C. HEPPEELA, Editor. TERMS: Subscription, Three Dollars per annum in advance; Three dollars and Fifty cents it paid within six months, and Four Dollars if not paid within six months from the time of subscribing. ¿: Texianand Baptist, Five Dollars, in advance. Advertisements inserted at One Dollar per square, for the first insertion and Fifty Cents for each additional insertion—eight lines' or less in bre- vier, or ten lines in long primer constituting a square. Professional or business -ards, of not more than ten lines, will be inserted at Ten Dollars per annum. Announcing candidatesfor county offiies Five Dol- lars, other announcements, Ten Dollars. Marriage and obituary notices exceeding ten lines will be charged for as advertisements. ANDERSON, TEXAS: Saturday, Febuary 21, 1856. AGENTSt K^ F. A. BARTLETT, Crescent Office, No. 70 Camp street, New Orleans, is our authorized igent. JOHN HOLLAND is onr authori...